Telegram-herald., 1887-09-15
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ls~. and pgsTious Interpretation thereof,
sy snins1f iurisfs IN tais c0antry, As ssi
a. q tas eogr's. bearing upon.ths alleged
sn3 perhaps reai ssrsrs Ia this record. In
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thsir unaEimGls dsc.sion- fhs opi1ion
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opiaion al1 4is0 the general views Of TIE
court l 30 not sish % os understood A.
hoidinz that ths reoord 10 free nom errors.
for 40 nof shinx IS - bug none of tas
errors coms n1d o. IN my opinion were Of
sach serious character As required the re-
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Judge shslson shen said. In this ease
the Co4rt orders that tns sentence OF toe
Superior C0uFt of Cosk c0anty Of he de-
fsndzGts IA ths indietm-nt-AGg0-t spies.
Samuel fiesden. K. Parsons. Adolpn
Ffschsr kngel f.euis L1agg. Michael
Schsac--be carried mo sffsct oy the 5neri1
Of Cook county on the tiLh day OF Noyen =
Der nexf. On Friday, between the hours or
81 ~ clocx forenoon AID . clock IN the
kfsrnoos Oh that day. The l1d<nent OF
the Court vas ansnlmous.
The epiaion a. delivered ~ Justice Ma
srudsr states that the case c5nes before the
court 81 . writ OF error 20 tae Criminal
Court u Cook County. The plaintiffs IN
error were tried for the .aardsr Of Matthias
j. Dex.1 On Aay 4, ise0. in the clty Of
Chicszo, and ca August ~. lsco, tie jafy
found veroict sgsinst them- Here fol-
lo~ss statement of he Hsymarkst trag-
sd1 including details Of the throwing
smong ths pollcemen assembled on the
square, OF dynamite b0mb. The opinion
SAYS. -'IE IL nndispuled that -he bomb was
thrown and that it caused q death OF
Degan. Il 10 conceded that no one Of the
defendants threw the bomb with bis
oen hands. Tae plaintiffs IN error
are charged with being sccesssries before
the fact.' The Court then proceeds TO ex-
anime the sixty-nins counts IN the indict-
menk Sone OF the co1nts chsrgs that the
defendants, b-ing pressnk aided. zostted
aud assisted Ia ths throwing OF bomb;
others thai not bslng present sidinz. abett-
log or ASSISTING. they advised. encouraged.
aided and aoettsd such throwing. Some
OF the counts charge that szii defendants
advised, encouraged. aided and abested one
Rudolph Schnauoslt in the Psrpetrxtion
courzzsd. aided and abetted an unknown
person in the psrpetFztlon thereof. The
Illinois statuts which defines an accessory
a. he who stands By and aids and xoets.
and which considers such accessory as .
pFncipxl TO bs punished accordingly, Is
cao@<d. and thss the opinion goes on 70
slkfs that II. sherefore. the defendants ad-
vised. encouraged. aided or abettsd the kill
Lag OF Dsgan. they are as guilty
- though they took his life
Win their own hands. IL any
OF them stood By and aided. abe.ted or
assisted ia the throwing OF the boae. those
Of them who did SO are as guilty "a though
tAU threw it themselves The questions
Which prsssnt themselves are these: Did
the defendants have a sssaEaon purpose or
design 70 advise. encourage. aid or abst the
murder Of the posiceneBf Did they CON-
bins together with others with q view 20
carryiax that purpose or design into efscis
T)id they. or either. or any Of them. do
such acts or make such declarations
is f4rthersnce Of a purpose or design, as
did actually have the elect Of encouraging.
aiding or soettiag the crime in question:
TO solss these questions the Court proceeds
20 thorough examination OF the eylde1ce -
presented ia the Criminal Court II Chicago.
The drst part Of the evidence examined by
fse Supreme Court vas that IN relation %
the making Of the bomb that killed Degan,
Aad Il vas axCertained that there we're four
chsrscferistcs OF tals bomb. viz. lit
vas fount; 2-ff was exploited by
mesrs cf protesting fuse; 3-The shell Of
the os mo ves of composite manufacture;
4-rhs bomb had a suall iron ma The
evidence showed that bombs With these
four cbaracieristics we're a. sde oy defendant
LOUIS Iinag At his residence IN Chicago
and hat materials for bomo-making were
found hers after the Haymsrkst explosion.
ak "a -
think The jury 1ers warranted in believing.
fraSs the evidences. that The bomb which
kilisn pegau wss one OF the
horaSs made 6y defendant Iinng."
Dad bsnng make the bomb which killed
psean~ TO answer the next question the
Court sxkanstiveiy eEsmi1e all the evil
dencs Which vas presented in relation to
the organisation known a. the Interns-
ti0na Worsinxr1en's Association or Inter
nsfionnl Arbe TER Association. generally
c-fet "IntprnsI iO0a's Ifs platform Of
pr'nciplas So published in tbs Ar5siter
L,Arng. one Of ifs orxsns. Is purposes Is
membership il Chicago wers descri bed and
general statement given Of bow
it proposed 70 sTfecr what Is called social
r-volufion.' L vas the 0pinicn Of The
Court tAst this organization was an u1lsw-
f,1l conspirscy A. 10 meant sociai rsvolutiso-
DEFENDANTS sought % uss this organization
- inspire hatred among the workin-msn
q the poiice and miiftis. They made vi0-
lent snd inccadisry spsecnss they bad
published in their newspapers Instructions
fsr the makinx OF eomos snd dynamite
The Court quoted e. psrs Of rs
eplnicu ccpicus extra-ts from
speeches BY spies. Fieidon and others Of
she defeniants and extracts from anarchist
nevspsnerx It also recites evidence 20 the
purchas, Of pistols and other arms 81
suafrv Of he defendants. ell of witch
evidence showed conspiracy ss charged. IN
eilrthsrsncs Of the. conspiracy ss described
the CaaTs states: We think tae Jury we're
warranted IN osiie-iog from The evidsncs
that the bomb which exploited 81 tee Hay
market vas nasls By defendant Linnx
The question which next suggests itself
says tae Court. - whether TIE bomb 80
made VS. thr0wn A. tne Ha7ma-ket by =
unes,ber % sid cor spirscy or bv Sorse enc
srtinz uncer Is direction ard in pursuance
Of il designs. 70 solve tbs grDhlsua the
Court zf~es q vsry esref1i snd lengthy r.
vssw 81 the evi6encs rplstnx 90 The 3fspo-
stfrn of oenhs manufactured ov Iinnx
.nd his assistants. and to other psrtirenf
matters. The plan of Engei, sub
usiftsd rs t1e meeting of tie
Tehr unt Weir Vsrein or Nar
3 fSss srd siopsec "A The ferps q re=o-
iuficn. xiring fnstracflon for me throwinz
~ borrns if there sko1ld - ccufict -
tween ths poiics and the AnzrchisiS = -
scricei in detail snd commented upen. ansi
a. q si1e specisl situss ssiens snd events cf
fhe Earnarxet CIR tt are considered
Aser fhis revieu the cenr ssvs that q :
.ccarent that lust sus - scx wsS rnsfs
,,e thr rtiice ~ THE {. 3v a1ers - - vas cor
ksnci,fesf snd srrseged isr aeflrehand st
s,a~fsnxs cf tie in1ernssirBsisr snd
kindred ssssrisiions IN which defendants
e.ak u>rt. and tbee the onenh va th-own
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